Data Range:

Website Source

Data Source

: Applied Geographic Solutions

Date

: 2013

1,261

Labor Force:

Labor Force Size

The size of the labor force is the number of people in the community that are currently working or are collecting unemployment. If you need a large number of workers to draw from, then you may require the size of the community's labor force to be larger.

Data Range:

Min=0 Max=4,999,315 Median=888

Website Source

Data Source

: ZoomProspector, Applied Geographic Solutions, U.S. Census Bureau

Date

: 2013

593

Small Businesses:

Small Businesses

Small businesses, defined as companies with fewer than 20 employees, are the driving force behind the nation"s economy. They also have needs that differ from large corporations. If you are a small business, you may want to consider areas that are better suited for the success of a small business.

Data Range:

Website Source

Data Source

: Applied Geographic Solutions

Date

: 2013

9.5%

Unemployment Rate:

Unemployment Rate

The unemployment rate indicates how much of the labor force is currently looking for work. Unemployment rates can be used to identify the availability of workers in a community. However, it is likely that your business will also recruit and hire future employees from the existing base of people who currently have jobs. The unemployment rate is available for all counties and for cities of roughly 25,000 population and over.

Data Range:

Min=0 Max=68.8 Median=5.7

Website Source

Data Source

: Bureau of Labor Statistics

Date

: December 2013

N/A

Median Age:

Median Age

Searching by median age will help you identify communities that may have ranges of younger to more senior workers. It is also a helpful to use if you are looking for a certain age group of potential customers that meet your product or service offering.

Data Range:

Min=0 Max=79 Median=38.2

Website Source

Data Source

: Applied Geographic Solutions

Date

: 2013

48.3

Labor Force Quality

Bachelors Degree or Higher:

Bachelors Degree or Higher

Education level can be used to help identify the skill level of the workforce. You may want to use this search if your business typically needs employees with a college education. This variable will show you the proportion of the overall community that has a college education.

Data Range:

Min=0 Max=1,874,058

Website Source

Data Source

: Applied Geographic Solutions

Date

: 2013

66

High School Degree or higher:

High School Education or Higher

Education level can be used to help identify the skill level of the workforce. You may want to use this search if your business typically needs employees with a high school education. This variable will show you the proportion of the overall community that has a high school education.

Data Range:

Min=0 Max=4,895,349

Website Source

Data Source

: Applied Geographic Solutions

Date

: 2013

692

Bachelors Degree or higher:

Bachelors Degree or Higher

Education level can be used to help identify the skill level of the workforce. You may want to use this search if your business typically needs employees with a college education. This variable will show you the proportion of the overall community that has a college education.

Data Range:

Min=0 Max=100 Median=20

Website Source

Data Source

: Applied Geographic Solutions

Date

: 2013

7.20%

High School Degree or higher:

High School Education or Higher

Education level can be used to help identify the skill level of the workforce. You may want to use this search if your business typically needs employees with a high school education. This variable will show you the proportion of the overall community that has a high school education.

Data Range:

Min=0 Max=100 Median=85

Website Source

Data Source

: Applied Geographic Solutions

Date

: 2013

75.46%

White Collar Workers:

White Collar Workers

White Collar Workers include: Executive, Managers and Administrators, Professional Specialty Occupations, Sales Professionals, Technologies and Technicians, Sales Workers and Clerks, Administrative Support Workers, and Field Occupations for Technical, Sales, and Administrative Workers. If you need to hire workers within these categories, you may want to include this in your search.

Data Range:

Min=0 Max=100 Median=55

Website Source

Data Source

: Applied Geographic Solutions

Date

: 2013

62%

Blue Collar Workers:

Blue Collar Workers

Blue Collar Workers include: Private Household Services, Protective Services, Farming, Forestry, and Fishing, Site Based Precision, Craft, and Repair, Field Based Construction, Repair, and Mining, Machine Operators, Assemblers, and Inspectors, Transportation and Materials Moving Workers, and Handlers, Helpers, and Laborers. If you need to hire workers within these categories, you may want to include this in your search.

Data Range:

Min=0 Max=100 Median=38

Website Source

Data Source

: Applied Geographic Solutions

Date

: 2013

37%

Universities in Community:

Higher Education Facilities

Universities and community colleges produce highly trained and specialized workers. Colleges are increasingly becoming the factories which continuously produce talent. Employers that locate near these institutions have easier access to recruiting college graduates, as well as college student interns. You can specify a type of facility (university or community college) that you would like to be near, as well as specify how close you would like to be to that educational facility.

Website Source

Data Source

: ZoomProspector

Date

: 2010

0

Universities in County + 50 miles:

Higher Education Facilities

Universities and community colleges produce highly trained and specialized workers. Colleges are increasingly becoming the factories which continuously produce talent. Employers that locate near these institutions have easier access to recruiting college graduates, as well as college student interns. You can specify a type of facility (university or community college) that you would like to be near, as well as specify how close you would like to be to that educational facility.

Website Source

Data Source

: ZoomProspector

Date

: 2010

12

Community Colleges in Community:

Higher Education Facilities

Universities and community colleges produce highly trained and specialized workers. Colleges are increasingly becoming the factories which continuously produce talent. Employers that locate near these institutions have easier access to recruiting college graduates, as well as college student interns. You can specify a type of facility (university or community college) that you would like to be near, as well as specify how close you would like to be to that educational facility.

Website Source

Data Source

: ZoomProspector

Date

: 2010

0

Community Colleges in County + 30 miles:

Higher Education Facilities

Universities and community colleges produce highly trained and specialized workers. Colleges are increasingly becoming the factories which continuously produce talent. Employers that locate near these institutions have easier access to recruiting college graduates, as well as college student interns. You can specify a type of facility (university or community college) that you would like to be near, as well as specify how close you would like to be to that educational facility.

Data Range:

Website Source

Data Source

: American Community Survey, ZoomProspector

Date

: 2006-2010

$101,300

Household Expenditures (Average):

Household Expenditures (average)

Household Expenditures measure how much the average household spends per year. If you market high-end goods or services, you may want to search for communities with high levels of household expenditures. This is the 'average' household expenditures and therefore is more likely to be impacted by very high or very low expenditure households. Averages and median household numbers are difficult to compare. For example, if a community has a higher average household expenditure value than their median household income, it does not necessarily mean that people are spending more than they are earning.

Data Range:

Min=0 Max=228,296 Median=43,524

Website Source

Data Source

: Applied Geographic Solutions

Date

: 2013

$38,669

Household Income (Median):

Household Income (median)

Household income is a measurement of wealth. This is a good tool to identify how much the typical household is making compared to the amount of money your employees or future employees might expect to make to live in the community. It can also be used as a search variable to target your company's products or services to low-income or high-income areas.

Data Range:

Min=0 Max=506,294 Median=42,827

Website Source

Data Source

: Applied Geographic Solutions

Date

: 2013

$32,380

Top State Personal Income Tax:

Top State Personal Income Tax

Personal income tax is levied on personal earnings/wages. Earnings are often taxed at different rates depending on the amount of income. High personal income taxes effectively raise the costs of working, saving, investing, and risk taking. The income taxes shown are for the state's top personal income tax rate, which reflect deductibility of federal income taxes in certain states.

Website Source

Data Source

: Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council

Date

: 2012

5.8%

Top State Corporate Income Tax:

Top State Corporate Income Tax

Corporate income tax is levied on the net income of businesses and may influence where businesses choose to invest and locate. The corporate income taxes shown are for the state's top corporate income tax rate. Corporate income tax rates reflect deductibility of federal income taxes in certain states.

Website Source

Data Source

: Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council

Date

: 2012

6.0%

Top State Personal Capital Gains Tax:

Top State Personal Capital Gains Tax

A capital gains tax is charged on the profit from on the sale of a non-inventory asset that was purchased at a lower price such as the sale of stocks, bonds, and property. Capital gains are generally taxed at a lower rate than ordinary income to provide incentives for investors to make capital investments and fund entrepreneurial activity. Higher capital gains taxes directly impact the return on investment. The capital gains taxes shown are for the state's top capital gains tax rate and reflect deductibility of federal income taxes in certain states.

Website Source

Data Source

: Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council

Date

: 2012

5.8%

Top State Corporate Capital Gains Tax:

Top State Corporate Capital Gains Tax

A capital gains tax is charged on the profit from on the sale of a non-inventory asset that was purchased at a lower price such as the sale of stocks, bonds, and property. Capital gains are generally taxed at a lower rate than ordinary income to provide incentives for investors to make capital investments and fund entrepreneurial activity. Higher capital gains taxes directly impact the return on investment. The capital gains taxes shown are for the state's top capital gains tax rate and reflect deductibility of federal income taxes in certain states.

Website Source

Data Source

: Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council

Date

: 2012

6.0%

State Sales Tax:

State Sales Tax

High sales taxes increase the costs for certain goods and services. Communities with low sales taxes may be able to attract shoppers for certain purchase types. Sales taxes may also increase the costs of doing business for certain industries. The sales taxes shown are for states, and the local taxes may increase the total sales tax on items.

Website Source

Data Source

: Sales Tax Institute

Date

: 2012

4.0%

Transportation

Commute Travel Time (minutes):

Commute Travel Time

The average time it takes a person to get to work is a measure of quality of life, as it decreases the amount of free time available in the day. Longer or more stressful commutes may impact the worker's productivity. You may want to search for communities with shorter commuting times if you are concerned that your employees will not accept long commutes. The national average commute time in 2007 was 25.3 minutes.

Data Range:

Min=0 Max=97 Median=22

Website Source

Data Source

: American Community Survey

Date

: 2006-2010

21

Airports in County:

Airports in County

If your employees or your clients are frequent fliers the proximity and availability of airports will be important. This tool will allow you to identify communities with airports and those that are within a relatively short commute of an airport. Only commercial airports are counted, which are publicly owned airports that have at least 2,500 passenger boardings each calendar year and receive scheduled passenger service.

Website Source

Data Source

: ZoomProspector, Federal Aviation Administration

Date

: 2012

0

Airports in County + 50 miles:

Airports in County + 50 miles

If your employees or your clients are frequent fliers the proximity and availability of airports will be important. This tool will allow you to identify communities with airports and those that are within a relatively short commute of an airport. Only commercial airports are counted, which are publicly owned airports that have at least 2,500 passenger boardings each calendar year and receive scheduled passenger service.

Website Source

Data Source

: ZoomProspector, Federal Aviation Administration

Date

: 2012

13

Distance to Interstate (miles):

Nearest Interstate

Some businesses prefer to be near an Interstate. It may provide easier transportation access for your employees for their commute. Other businesses may want to be near an Interstate to more easily serve their customers. For distribution facilities it provides rapid access for trucks to get to and from their destinations more quickly which can be a financial advantage. If you want to have an Interstate in the community enter the number zero.

Data Range:

Min=0 Max=156

Website Source

Data Source

: ZoomProspector

Date

: 2010

In Community

Distance to Rail (miles):

Nearest Rail Line

Some businesses receive and ship goods by railroad. This search variable allows you to find communities that are within a specific distance of rail. If you want a rail line in the community enter the number zero.